£10 + Booking Fee. Doors 7pm. Show 8pm.
A rip-roaring intro to some of the very best spoken word acts on the UK's thriving scene. This is poetry as you've never seen it before, presented by Maria Ferguson (Saboteur Award Winner) & Matt Abbott (Nymphs & Thugs, Skint & Demoralised). Featuring:
JOELLE TAYLOR - Joelle is an award-winning poet and author. Her new poetry collection C+NTO & Othered Poems was published in June 2021 and is the subject of the Radio 4 arts documentary Butch. C+nto has been shortlisted for the T.S Eliot Prize 2021, been named by The Telegraph, the New Statesman, The White Review & Times Literary Supplement as one of the best poetry books of 2021, as well as DIVA magazine’s Book of the Month.
JONATHAN KINSMAN - Jonathan is a trans poet from manchester. Raised Church of England, and with a background in theological study, he lives his life marrying his spirituality and their sexuality. As well as being founding editor of Riggwelter Press and associate editor of Three Drops From A Cauldron, he is also a BBC Edinburgh Fringe Slam Finalist. His pamphlet "Witness" was published by Burning Eye in 2020.